Dawson Parks Canada Employee Honoured for Work on Discovery Claim Project

Posted on September 9, 2011 by admin

By Dan Davidson A project like the revival of the Discovery Claim and the creation of its new interpretive trail doesn’t happen without a lot of cooperation and organization. Sometimes excellence gets noticed and rewarded. As a sidebar to the … Continue reading →

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Teams Push to the Finish at the 34th Outhouse Race

Posted on September 7, 2011 by admin

Story by Alyssa Friesen Photo by Evan Rensch Beginning at Diamond Tooth Gerties at 2 p.m. on September 3, six teams of five competed in 34th Annual Great Klondike International Outhouse Race. On a course smeared with challenges—for example, grabbing … Continue reading →

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Discovery Days Packed with Events

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

Story and photo by Dan Davidson The Discovery Days Celebrations continued to provide a variety of activities for young and old, for artists and mud boggers and for those who either watch events or get involved in them.

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Tr’ochëk National Historic Site Receives its Plaque

Posted on August 10, 2011 by admin

Story and photos by Dan Davidson It’s taken nine years since Tr’ochëk was officially declared a National Heritage Site by the then Minister of Heritage, Sheila Copps, in 2002 but the bronze plaque commemorating that designation was finally unveiled at … Continue reading →

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DCMF gets its first electronic dance party

Posted on July 27, 2011 by admin

Story and photo by Alyssa Friesen It was loud. It was sweaty. People were crowd surfing. And there was a parachute. On Friday, July 15, following the gentle strumming of Sarah MacDougall and bluesy nuances of Dennis and the Hellhounds, … Continue reading →

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The Yukon Open Goldpanning Contest Has a New Champion

Posted on July 18, 2011 by admin

  Story and photo by Dan Davidson Paul Robitaille will be representing the Yukon in this year’s World Goldpanning Championships, which will be held in Zlotory, Poland. He was the winner of this year’s Yukon Open category at the Yukon … Continue reading →

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Dust to Dawson Begins

Posted on July 6, 2011 by admin

Story and photo by Dan Davidson Dust to Dawson began on Thursday and will continue until the weekend. “This is a gathering, not a Rally”, says the information on the website which has lured close to 200 bikers to the … Continue reading →

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The Class of 2011

Posted on June 16, 2011 by admin

by Lisa McKenna “I just want to say a word about this year’s graduating class in Dawson – what a nice bunch of kids!” – Clair Dragoman On June 4th seventeen of our children graduated from Robert Service School and … Continue reading →

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"There's fashion in that there Palace Grand!"

Posted on June 8, 2011 by admin

by Dan Davidson, Photo by Evan Rensch Parks Canada is doing a number of new things this year to help celebrate its 100th anniversary, and the Klondike National Historic Site is pleased to have been named one of the top … Continue reading →

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Ice is out in Dawson

Posted on May 26, 2011 by admin

By Dan Davidson The ice began flowing in the Yukon River in front of Dawson at 4:21 on Saturday afternoon (May 7). Within minutes someone had raced to the fire department to sound the alarm and let the town know … Continue reading →

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